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Recent News

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Constitution Day Program: “Encryption: Privacy v. Public Safety”
APP’s annual Constitution Day Program will be held Monday, Sept. 17, from 4 to 5:30 in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom. During the event, Raymond Ku, professor of law at CWRU, and William Snyder, teaching professor at Syracuse University’s College of Law, will…
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Law school’s Jonathan Adler listed as eighth most-cited public law scholar
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, is the eighth most-cited public law scholar—excluding constitutional law—in the U.S., according to research conducted by University of Chicago law professor Brian Leiter. Adler…
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Law school’s Juscelino F. Colares presents on trade wars for City Club of Cleveland
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, gave a talk titled “The new trade wars—timely shake-up or recipe for trouble?” for the City Club of Cleveland earlier this month. The Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group, an…
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CWRU law professor Jonathan Adler elected to prestigious American Law Institute
Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at APP School of Law, is among 34 newly elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). The 90-year-old institute comprises…
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Law school’s Jonathan Adler authors op-eds on environmentalism, travel ban
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote three op-eds discussing current legal issues. In “The science charade,” Adler suggests that the Endangered Species Act cannot be bolstered by more, better scientific…
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5 questions with… law professor and frequent media commentator Jonathan Adler
Recent turnover on the United States Supreme Court has positioned APP Law Professor Jonathan Adler as a frequent commentator for major media outlets. In the past few weeks, Adler has provided his insight on CNN and for The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today…
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Law’s Jonathan Adler writes about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s administrative law record
In a piece for The New York Times, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, weighed in on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on administrative law cases for the United States Court of Appeals for the District…
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Law's Avidan Y. Cover critiques Supreme Court’s decision on travel ban
Avidan Y. Cover, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, detailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which restricts the entry of citizens from many majority-Muslim countries into the United States. The op-ed,…
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Law school’s Jessie Hill analyzes partisan attitudes toward reproductive rights in Ohio
Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law and associate dean for academic affairs, examined why Ohio may show unusual partisanship on the topic of abortion when compared to opinions on other political and social topics within the state. The op-ed, titled “When it comes to reproductive…
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Law school’s Jonathan Adler authors several articles for The New York Times, Reason
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote several articles for Reason about various legal issues and another for The New York Times regarding a pending case about the Affordable Care Act. The articles for Reason…